As weather patterns as of late have shown, you’ve got to enjoy every bit of spring when it shows up. Today was a perfect day for a little lunch al fresco. On the menu, a beef torta from World Street Kitchen, the food truck created by the owners of Saffron restaurant.

The sandwich features shredded beef, guacamole, jalapenos and cheese pressed between the halves of a white baguette. I wolfed it down (actually, I may have swallowed a piece of tin foil) while sitting basking in the sun on a marble planter on Nicollet Mall.

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Brandt Williams is a reporter with MPR News’ Metro Unit. At MPR, Brandt has extensively covered city government, public safety and courts; race and justice; and livability issues in the city of Minneapolis. Brandt grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Speech Communications in 1991.